Preparing for war
Everyone looked at Su Yu. Although they had heard Su Yu say before that they were going to prepare for a war with the State of Lu, they did not take it seriously at that time. They thought that the State of Lu would definitely not do such a thing to seek its own death. After all, the actual situation of the State of Lu was much worse than that of the State of Xuan.
Now when they heard Su Yu say that they were preparing for war, they still found it a little unbelievable.
Su Jiu walked up to Su Yu with a serious expression: "Xiao Yu, is there any news coming from Lu State? Is Lu State preparing to go to war with Xuan State?"
Su Yu hummed: "Lu State has begun to prepare for war, and has already begun to collect taxes, and it is 50%."
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Everyone was stunned when they heard this. A 50% tax, isn't this asking for people's lives
This year, except for Xuan Kingdom and Southern Xinjiang where the situation is better, the harvests in other places are not good.
Even when the harvest is poor, we still have to pay so much tax.
Moreover, the initial taxes had already been paid after the grain supply increased. Now they have to be collected again. What should the people do
I didn't have much food in my hands, and I handed over half of it...
They dare not even think about the consequences.
Su Jiu knew that Lu Heran was not a good person, but who knew he could be so cruel and mad.
"Xiao Yu, you need to prepare more food. After taking the city, you need to give the people some food for survival. In this situation, Lu Heran probably won't let the people go." The food in the hands of the people is what Lu Heran wants now. How could he let the people leave with the food
Unless the people's food is squeezed dry
"I have prepared the food. I have asked someone to send one million kilograms to the border, and the rest is still being delivered." Su Yu said casually, as if the food meant nothing to him.
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"Xiaoyu, how much food have you prepared? Look at how casual you look." Xuan Feiran looked at Su Yu and asked.
"Not much, just twice as much as last year. That should be enough." He has no shortage of food at all now.
In addition to the Qin family and the Luo family, when Wang Jinhe started to cultivate high-yield grain varieties, he bought a lot of land wherever he could.
Xuan Feiran's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help asking: "Xiaoyu, tell me how much land you have."
"It's not much, probably just over 10,000 acres of land." Su Yu said after thinking for a while.
Everyone looked at Su Yu. The prime minister looked at Su Yu as if he were a monster. He now understood why Su Yu said that he would be responsible for all the food and fodder once a war broke out.
There is so much land, and one acre of land produces 1,800 kilograms.
With so much land, the food is enough for all the people in the country to eat.
Seeing them like this, Su Yu said unceremoniously: "Don't stare at me like that. Keep this food just in case."
"It doesn't matter. As long as it's prepared by the prince, we'll be relieved."
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Xuan Feiran had the same idea as everyone else. Su Yu had so much food in his hands that he could always provide it to the people when there was a flood or drought or when the people were short of food.
"Go back and get ready. We may go to the battlefield at any time. Su Jiu is the marshal and Xiaoyu is the military advisor. You should listen to Xiaoyu and Su Jiu on how to fight." Xuan Feiran did not continue to dwell on the issue of food, but changed the subject.
"yes."
They have all witnessed Su Yu's ability, and they naturally trust the brothers Su Yu and Su Jiu in leading the troops.
Nan Jin had been living in the Jade Palace. He and Barry soon discovered that the people in the Jade Palace suddenly became busy, as if they were preparing for something big.
Soon Nan Jin and the others found out what Su Yu and the others were preparing.
Ten days later, the 800-li-mile urgent message from the border of Xuan State reached the capital, and everyone knew that Lu State had taken action against Xuan State.
With the army approaching, the war between Xuan and Lu is unavoidable.
The eldest prince of Lu soon learned the news and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground. Before he could say anything, Lu Yichen walked in from outside with a very ugly look on his face.
"Brother, have you heard the news?" At this time, Lu Yichen didn't care about their bad relationship and came to find him.
Now the two of them must unite, otherwise there is no way to leave Xuan Kingdom.
The eldest prince nodded with a gloomy face: "I have heard the news. What is going on? Why is there a war all of a sudden?"
Lu Yicheng handed the letter he had just received to the eldest prince: "Brother, please take a look at this first."
The eldest prince took it and started reading. After reading it, he was completely dumbfounded. How long had they been away? So many things had happened in Lu State.
"What on earth is my father doing? He imprisoned the old general, intended to attack the second son, killed the commander of the imperial guards, and threw him into a mass grave." Did he really do these things
Lu Yicheng gritted his teeth and said, "This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he allowed Concubine Meng's father to make the elixir of immortality and use the blood of children. Now more than a hundred children have died. It is because of this that he became angry and attacked Xuan Guo."
"Does that mean it was Su Yu who leaked this news?"
Lu Yicheng nodded: "This is almost certain, most likely it is like this."
"Even if that's the case, it's his own fault. Why is he looking for trouble with Xuan Kingdom?" The eldest prince was almost angry to death.
Lu Yichen also thought that Lu Heran was crazy.
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"Now he also asks the people to pay taxes in advance, and it is 50% at a time. The people can no longer make a living." Lu Yichen felt cold in his heart when he saw the news.
"Let's go back first."
"How do we go back? The two countries are at war now. How could Xuan Country let us leave?" Lu Yichen said with a frown.
"They will. After this incident, I'm afraid the second brother doesn't want to continue to be involved in Xuan Kingdom's affairs." The eldest prince said with a frown.
If this happened to him, he would probably have the same idea as the second brother.
"Brother, do you have any ideas?" Lu Yichen asked the eldest prince.
The eldest prince sighed softly: "In fact, it may not be a bad thing for Lu to fall into the hands of Xuan State."
Lu Yicheng looked at the eldest prince in surprise: "Brother, what are you talking about? Do you know what you are talking about?"
The eldest prince nodded: "You have been in Xuan Kingdom for so long, you should know what Xuan Kingdom is like. The ministers are very good, the people are also very good, and the emperor is naturally the best. These are all things that our Lu Kingdom cannot compare to."
It was incomparable before, and it is even less comparable now.
Lu Yichen fell silent for a moment. What his elder brother said was right. They could not compare with him.
"Third brother, if Lu is incorporated into Xuan State, do you believe that the people will be very happy?"
Lu Yichen still didn't say anything because he knew it was all true.
"Brother, you are right. The people are indeed very happy."
"Let's go find the Emperor of Xuan Kingdom first, and then go back." No matter what the outcome is, they must go back.